LGBT Publishing News

ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES, the only LGBT radio show in Atlanta, has received a $5,000 grant from the LLOYD E. RUSSELL Foundation. Russell is a former activist and gay bar owner who died in 2006. The show airs Tuesday evenings on WRFG 89.3.

DIANE ANDERSON-MINSHALL has been promoted from executive editor to editor in chief of CURVE magazine. This is the first time in the magazine’s history that someone other than founder/publisher FRANCO STEVENS has filled that top editorial position.

JACOB ANDERSON-MINSHALL, who writes the syndicated column TRANSNATION, and REBECCA NAY, of TRANNYWRECK RADIO, launched a new radio show called GENDER BLENDER on Portland, Oregon’s KBOO 90.7 and online at KBOO.FM. The show addresses transgender issues and other gender-related topics.

BRUCE H. JOFFE, author of “A Hint of Homosexuality?: Gay and Homoerotic Imagery in American Print Advertising,” has won the best book award in the Gay/Lesbian: Non-Fiction category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards. Joffe is a professor of communications at Carthage College [Kenosha, Wis.], Cardinal Stritch University [Milwaukee, Wis.], and Mary Baldwin College [Staunton, Va.] focusing on gay and lesbian studies.

JUST OUT, an LGBT newspaper based in Portland, Ore., celebrated its 25th anniversary on Nov. 22. OURCHART.COM, a social networking site founded by “The L Word” creator ILENE CHAIKEN and SHOWTIME, was shut down last month.

QVEGAS, a gay destination magazine based in Las Vegas, redesigned both its print edition and website under the stewardship of editor and creative director M. CORY BURGESS.

INGA SARDA-SORENSEN has been named acting director of communications by the NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE. PEDRO JULIO SERRANO is now the communications coordinator handling Spanish-language media.

SPORTS OUT LOUD, the world’s only gay sports magazine, will relaunch on Jan. 15 under the new name COMPETE.

MIKE WILKE, founder of the COMMERCIAL CLOSET ASSOCIATION, was terminated by the non-profit’s board of directors on Nov. 4. The move came as part of its merger with the GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION.

Courtesy: PressPassQ (www.presspassq.com)